How to Decide if You Need Some New Spring Outfits

I think that Grandma had cabin fever. From her perspective, a hundred years ago today was just another boring day in a string of boring days.

Going shopping for new spring clothes always give me hope that warmer weather will be here soon. Was Grandma also taking stock of her wardrobe—and considering whether she needed any new outfits?

Here’s some advice from Mrs. Ralston—no first name is provided– in the April, 1914 issue of Ladies Home Journal:

Personally I shall always believe that a sense of economy is necessary for a true appreciation of fashion. No credit is due the woman who is not obliged to consider ways and means of meeting ends in the selection of her clothes.

I do not believe that the latest fashion should count a cent. In choosing her clothes a woman should only be influenced by the answer to these questions:

Someone (perhaps you?) has commented before that it seems that maybe Grandma had just not taken time to write in her journal for several days, and then went back and wrote a few words for each day (“Same as ever”) to flil in the blanks… Guess that means that nothing exciting was happening – or she didn’t have time to make note of it!